Exploring race in Dallas

Race. A loaded word that causes tensions in our communities. Drives explosive news stories. Underlies how we are perceived, who we are. These stories explore the meaning of skin color and how it affects life in Dallas.

In a series of frank interviews, black officers talked with The Dallas Morning News about their jobs and their lives and the escalating tensions between police and many communities of color over the killings of black men across the country.

Fullinwider said the mothers against brutality group has met with Police Chief David Brown twice during Brown’s six-year tenure. While Dallas police, and Brown, have enjoyed praise nationally not only for their response to the killings but also for engaging minority communities, both Fullinwider and Mokuria say the department is far from a model. “It’s a perilous moment,” Fullinwider said. “This city has been turned upside down by the sniper’s bullets....

A Trophy Club pastor whose son was touched by the violence at a Black Lives Matter rally that claimed the lives of five officers is calling for healing and unity. He says "transformation begins with each of us. And he's right.